IBADAN FEBRUARY 10, 2017 (CISA) –Catholic Bishops of the Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province in Nigeria have called on the government to confront the country’s challenges including insecurity, corruption and a failing economy. In a statement at the end of their first meeting for 2017 held in oke-ado, Ibadan February 6-7 the bishops condemned what they termed […]
Day: 13 February 2017
KENYA: Government Declares Drought a National Disaster
NAIROBI FEBRUARY 10, 2017(CISA) – The government has declared current drought in over 23 arid and semi-arid counties a national disaster. Speaking February 10 after a brief on the situation on the ground by Cabinet Secretaries involved in drought management and food security at State House Nairobi, President Uhuru Kenyatta called on all stakeholders to support […]
KENYA: Government to Appeal Against Court Ruling on Closure of Daadab Camp
NAIROBI FEBRUARY 10, 2017 (CISA) – The government has said that it will appeal against the High Court ruling on the closure of Dadaab Refugee Camp. A stability Judge John Mativo found that the Government of Kenya had failed to demonstrate in its challenge to the petition filed by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and […]
MALI: Nun Kidnapped by Unknown Assailants
KOUTIALA FEBRUARY 10, 2017 (CISA) -Two suspects have been arrested by Mali security forces following the kidnapping of Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvez Argoti February 7. Sister Gloria, of the Franciscan sisters of Mary Immaculate was kidnapped from Karangasso Parish in Koutiala at around 9 pm by unknown assailants and got away with the parish ambulance, reported […]